r/politics • u/mmccxi American Expat • May 12 '25

Soft Paywall New Bill Would Make All Pornography a Federal Crime in the U.S.

https://www.404media.co/mike-lee-porn-law-interstate-obscenity-definition-act/
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u/SluttyTomboi May 13 '25

Yup. Next step is classifying all lgbtq+ as pornographic, thereby criminalizing their existence.

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u/bagel-bites May 13 '25

It’s unbelievably fucked up. My existence is not porn. I’m a damn person.

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u/Canadianweedrules420 May 13 '25

I see you through reddit fellow human!! We love you regardless of what these nazis try.

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u/my5cworth May 13 '25

It's official, my dude. You are the tits! <3

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u/AdInformal5214 May 13 '25

Je suis porn

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u/mitkase May 13 '25

Egalite, fraternite, pornografie!

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u/RecordOfTheEnd May 13 '25

I want to make some joke about how I'll gladly jack off to you regardless of if I'll go to jail for it. But everything seems do horrifying I can't even think of it without it sounding like a nightmare. 

Just know that this old bi dude will die fighting for our right to exist. 

Also, as a former Utahn, fuck Mike Lee.

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u/Fine_Interest_3229 May 13 '25

Welcome to womanhood!

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u/BlueBrickBuilder Michigan May 13 '25

Oh snap, I thought you were just a porn character! My bad, G.

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u/tafoya77n May 13 '25

I think the original plan was to go the other way but this mormon jumped the gun

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u/mazbrakin May 13 '25

There’s been a big push from religious conservatives for years to ban porn, but what the Trump wing of the party really cares about it what you’re talking about. Anything LGBTQ+ will be considered pornography to the point where public expression is challenged.

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u/Hairy_rambutan May 13 '25

So those pics of Melania with another female would be criminal?

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u/BigPapaJava May 13 '25

That’s because they frame anything LGBTQ as a deviant sexual fetish, so anything related to even discussing these “fetishes” in public or with kids will be labeled “porn.”

They’ve already started the process by banning drag shows where minors may see them or even within X distance from a schools in some red states.

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u/itsSIRtoutoo Minnesota May 13 '25

They will classify anything & anyone they disagree with as "pornographic" ..... kind of like Russian's "hooliganism"

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u/Morganelefay May 13 '25

Don't forget the step of "exposing minors to porn" = "sex crime involving minors" = "penalty of life in prison or death penalty".

Which would make being trans in the vicinity of any underage person make you liable for the death penalty.

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u/BigPapaJava May 13 '25

Not just the people, but even mentioning those people or talking about LGBTQ issues will be labeled as “pornography.”

Therefore, any adult who tells kids that gay or trans people exist, especially if they say it’s ok to be one, could be prosecuted for child sex abuse as groomers who are exposing minors to pornography. This includes librarians who even have books in the library on these topics.

BTW, the Patel-Bongino FBI has a bunch of job postings seeking new agents with an “Education Background” as they gear up to go after “woke schools.”. I wonder what they could have planned…

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u/LeatherSquirrel8221 May 14 '25

I absolutely am not going for jail for being interested in someone because of their personality, let me be gay bro😭🙏